Alysa Stanton, First Black Female Rabbi, to Be Replaced

Alysa Stanton, the first African American female rabbi, will step down as the leader of Congregation Bayt Shalom in Greenville, N.C., this summer. After less than two years, the congregation decided that it would not renew her contract.

"We felt Rabbi Stanton has brought a lot of gifts to the congregation, but we felt she wasn't a good fit for the direction we're going," board president Samantha Pilot told the Forward. "I can tell you with certainty that race -- I never heard that come up once during her tenure or now. It's a non-issue."